NATURAL ENGLISH PRE-INTERMEDIATE Test Booklet.pdf

natural

English

test booklet

pre-intermediate

Theresa Clementson

unit one

grammar, vocabulary, and natural English test

30 minutes

1 grammar question forms

Underline the correct word in these questions.

3 grammar past simple

Complete the e-mail. Write the correct form of the

verbs in brackets.

A Hi Amanda. Where is / are you from?

B Toronto, in Canada.

A What do / are you do in Canada?

B I’m a musician. I play in an orchestra.

Hi Marco

Here’s a photo of me and my best friend, Tim. We

(meet) at primary school. I

met

A Wow! What instrument do / does you play?

B The cello.

(1)

(not like) him when we ﬁrst met,

because he (2)

(spend) all his time playing

A How old is / are your sister?

B Fourteen.

football and I (3)

(is not) in the football

team.

One day, we (4)

A Where is / does she go to school?

B She’s at Springﬁeld.

(arrive) at school at the

same time, so we (5)

(sit) together. We

have been friends ever since.

Write soon and send me a photo of you.

Jay

A Has / Does she got a boyfriend?

B Yes, he’s really nice.

2 grammar past simple question forms

Complete the questions in the dialogue using the

words given.

4 wordbooster talking about you and your

family

Complete the text with a suitable word. The ﬁrst letter

is given each time.

A/ you / go out / last night

Did you go out last night

B Yes, I didn’t get home until 1.00 a.m.

I’m very lucky. I live on my (0) o , but

I’ve got a very (1) c family. I get on

really (2) w with my sister. In fact, she’s

my best friend. She’s a (3) s parent, but

her ex-husband lives nearby. Their daughter, Mia, is

ten years (4) o . She’s an

(5) o child, but she spends a lot of time

with my children. They get on well but they

(6) a a lot too. I’ve also got a brother.

He’s only 21 (7) y old (much younger

than me!). Last summer, he got (8) m

A What / do

B We went to the cinema.

A What ﬁlm / see

B It was the new Brad Pitt ﬁlm.

A you / enjoy it

B No, not really, it was very long.

A Where / Tom / last night

It was a fantastic wedding. It’s my mum’s 70 th

birthday next month. We’re going to have a big

family (9) c . My parents were very

(10) s with us when we were small.

They’re more relaxed with their grandchildren.

B He went out with Lucie.

A / you / ring him about the homework

B Oh no! I forgot.

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5 wordbooster relatives

Complete the sentences with the correct family word.

EXAM FOCUS

Multiple-choice cloze

brother

My parents’ son is my

Read the letter below and choose the correct word for

each space. There is an example at the beginning (0) .

My mother’s father is my

My sister’s husband is my

Dear Montse

My uncle’s daughter is my

My sister’s son is my

I am very pleased that you (0) B like to be my

penfriend. I am 19 (1) _____ old and I am studying

hotel management. Are you studying or (2) _____ you

got a job? What do you like doing in your spare time?

I’ve got (3) _____ of hobbies; I enjoy dancing,

shopping, going to the gym, and going out with my

friends.

I’ve got a big family and we’re very (4) _____ .My

mother works at home as a writer and my father is a

doctor. I’ve got two sisters. (5) _____ of them are at

school. My brother is the oldest. He’s married with two

daughters. I love my (6) _____ very much! (7) _____ ’s

your family like?

My (8) _____ name’s Gary. He left school at 16

because he (9) _____ like it very much. He got a job as a

car mechanic, which he loves.We (10) _____ on really

well. Do you have a boyfriend?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes

Carrie

My daughter’s husband is my

6 natural English

Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences.

We missed the beginning

Could you be

What’s your family

That’s

I’ll meet you in the students’

Both of

How about

Shut

They

Emma’s new teacher

What’s the weather

is very strict.

up!

of the ﬁlm.

room.

0A do B would C should D are

1A year B years C age D ages

2A do B does C have D has

3A lots B many C several D much

4A dear B good C close D united

5A Each B Both C Every D All

6A nephews B cousins C daughters D nieces

7A What B How C Who D Which

8A boyfriend B boyfriends C boyfriend’s D boyfriends’

9A did

like?

you?

quiet, please?

interesting!

both sing well.

them come from Brazil.

like today?

B didn’t

C does

D doesn’t

A go

B went

C got

D get

TOTAL

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unit two

grammar, vocabulary, and natural English test

30 minutes

1 grammar countable and uncountable

nouns

Tick ✓ or correct the sentences.

3 vocabulary food

Match the sentences with the responses.

Shall I buy some bread?

In my family, we never buy frozen food. ✓

I always buy a frozen food for busy weekdays.

buy frozen food

Please could you chop the onions?

We need to put some peas in the soup.

Would you like carrots with the ﬁsh?

Do you eat many rice?

Can you get a kilo of peppers at the market?

I love eating a fresh bread in the morning.

I’m going to buy some olives.

I don’t eat much fruit.

a I’d prefer a green vegetable if possible.

b Oh dear! They always make me cry.

cYes, can you get two loaves?

This pasta isn’t very nice.

How much tomatoes do we need to buy?

My toasts is burnt.

Fresh or frozen?

We need to buy an oil.

Good idea. Shall we get green or black ones?

Would you like some coffee?

Red, green, or yellow?

We haven’t got much vegetables in the fridge.

I don’t drink some white wine.

4 wordbooster restaurant language,

extreme adjectives

Complete the paragraph with one suitable word in

each gap. The ﬁrst letter is given each time.

2 grammar adjectives and adverbs

Underline the correct form in the sentences.

For wonderful / wonderfully Italian food, you

should go to Giovanni’s .

I’m very lucky because there’s a wonderful Italian

restaurant near my house. My wife and I go there so

often we know everything on the (1) m

The dessert looks delicious / deliciously , but I can’t

eat any more.

We know all the dishes that we want to

(2) o

That restaurant was incredible / incredibly

expensive. We won’t go back.

. I usually choose the same (3)

and it’s always really

The sushi was prepared very careful / carefully .

It was really tasty.

(4) d

! For my (5) s

, I have

What’s for dinner? It smells absolute / absolutely

delicious!

the soup of the day, for my (6) m

course, I always have ﬁsh and a salad and, if I’m still

hungry, I usually have chocolate ice-cream for

(7) d . My wife always has cheese,

which I hate because I think it smells

(8) d . I’m always surprised that the

(9) b is so cheap.

I was very pleased to hear that they got a

(10) b review in the local newspaper

last week, but I hope it doesn’t get too busy.

The food was lovely but the service wasn’t

very good / well .

This soup tastes terrible / terribly ! What did you

put in it?

I enjoyed the meal but the music was really

loud / loudly .

They’ve decorated the restaurant really nice /

nicely .

I can’t believe you cooked that meal so

quick / quickly .

The food sounds fantastic / fantastically !

How much did it cost?

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5 natural English

Complete the sentences using a suitable word or

phrase. Use no more than three words . There may

be more than one possible answer.

EXAM FOCUS

Open cloze

Read the text and think of the word which best ﬁts each

space. Use only one word in each space. There is an

example at the beginning (0) .

I never eat cheese.

I don’t eat

any

cheese.

AUSTRALIAN FOOD

Eating out can be one of (0) the real

pleasures of a visit to Australia.There is not any true

Australian cuisine, however, you can try

(1) lot of interesting dishes.Would you

(2) to try something different? If so, you

can go (3) an expensive restaurant in

Sydney and order kangaroo steaks for your main

(4) and ‘wattle-seed’ ice cream for

(5) . Lots of people from Greece, Italy,

China, and Lebanon moved to Australia in the 50s and

60s and brought (6) own food with them.

All of this means that eating out is an interesting

experience. For something simpler, you can have a meat

pie and chips (7) lunch.This is a

delicious (8) but it can be a bit heavy.

There are (9) many vegetarian

restaurants, even in the big cities, but most modern cafés

and restaurants have one or two vegetarian dishes on the

(10)

There’s only a little fruit juice in the fridge.

There isn’t

fruit juice in

the fridge.

I eat fruit every day.

I eat

fruit.

There are only one or two desserts on the menu.

There are not

desserts on

the menu.

There are no bananas left.

There aren’t

bananas left.

What did you eat for dinner?

What did you

for dinner?

Would you like a drink?

Would you like

to drink?

I try not to eat biscuits very often.

I don’t eat

biscuits.

There’s only one piece of cake left.

There isn’t

cake left.

I can’t eat onions because they make me ill.

I don’t eat

onions because they

make me ill.

I’m sorry, there was no time for the shopping.

I’m sorry, I didn’t have

do the

shopping.

Now do units one and two skills test p.30.

TOTAL

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